Powers/Abilities: Nagala possesses several
magical abilities, none of which have been identified clearly, though
she successfully held off Dr. Strange's attacks. Nagala recreated
the Serpent Crown, which greatly enhances her abilities.

Height: 6'Weight: 175 lbs.Eyes: RedHair: Green scales

History:
(Defenders II#7 (fb) - BTS) -
While much of Nagala's origins are unrevealed, it is known that she is
a Lemurian descendant and heir of Naga, former holder of the original Serpent
Crown, which was destroyed (see Naga's profile). Nagala recreated
a new Serpent Crown. Under unknown circumstances, she allied with Attuma and agreed to help defend Atlantis from the Defenders as part of
Deep Six.

(Defenders II#7) - The Defenders attacked Deep Six and
Nagala successfully held off Doctor Strange with her magic until the
Defenders were zapped away by their curse.

(Defenders II#11) - The Defenders attacked Deep Six on
the borders of Atlantis again. As a large battle broke out,
Nagala focused her attention on the agile Hellcat. Nagala was
perplexed why they would send Hellcat against her, and on how Nagala's
spells seemed to slide off of Hellcat's form. Nagala soon trapped
Hellcat in a sphere, determined to find out more, but Strange protected
Hellcat with a magic shield. Nagala focused on Strange and put up
a barrier that kept other opponents from closing in. She found
herself stymied by Strange's spells. She began to grow weaker and
weaker as the Silver Surfer removed the oxygen from the water around
her. Nagala soon lost concentration and Strange defeated her and
took her crown away with him.

(New Thunderbolts#3 (fb)-BTS) -
Taking upon themselves the name of At'La'Tique, an ancient Atlantean
phrase meaning the 'Fury of the Sea,' the religious rebels followed
various leaders, including Nagala, Shakkoth, and Tamara Rahn.
They formed a strike force called Fathom Five, which included
Dragonrider, Llyron, Bloodtide, Sea Leopard, and Manowar.
At'La'Tique's primary religious beliefs involved wiping out life on the
surface world. To achieve this goal, they formed an alliance with
Baron Strucker of HYDRA.

(New Thunderbolts#3) - Nagala, again wearing the
Serpent Crown, and Tamara Rahn watched as Fathom Five battled an
Atlantean army on At'La'Tique's borders. Nagala reviewed the
strengths of the Fathom Five members and watched as Llyron severed a
surface world communication line.

(New Thunderbolts#6 - BTS) - Fathom Five was
defeated and imprisoned.

(New Thunderbolts#9 - BTS) - Llyron, who'd been
infected by a radioactive virus by Radioactive Man, was imprisoned in
Atlantis and infected the people there until Radioactive Man reversed
the virus. He then infected Tamara Rahn, planning on her
infecting all of At'La'Tique after she returned there.

(Marvel Tarot#1 - BTS) - Sorcerer Ian McNee turned
over a mystic tarot card revealing Nagala to be one of
Earth's current representations of the Emperor card.
He was mystified that a female would appear on the
card, and wondered if she was somehow blended with
Naga. He also surmised that Nagala was a direct
descendant of Set, the elder God.

(Mystic Arcana: Scarlet Witch#1/3) - Nagala returned to the
floor of the Atlantic Ocean where she confronted the now monstrous Llyra, who
begrudgingly let her enter the chasm that contained the immense Serpent Crown.
There Nagala invoked the seven names of Set and formed a new Serpent Crown atop
her head. Upon leaving the chasm, she found Ian McNee in Llyra's coils. McNee
drew on the power of the Ebon Rose petal he had consumed to tangle Llyra in
Nagala in seaweed, from which they easily tore free. Ian pretended to beg for
his life, offering to guide Nagala to the whole Ebon Rose if she would spare
him. As she imagined that the Ebon Rose, combined with the Serpent Crown would
make her more powerful even than Set himself, Llyra metamorphosized into even
more monstrous form and attacked her for her audacity. As the two struggled, Ian
claimed the Serpent Crown and escaped to the surface.

(Mystic Arcana: Sister Grimm#1) - Ian asked the First Tarot
for aid in his quest, and the advice he received, including some from Nagala via
the Emperor card, led him to question the quest's true nature. Nagala noted that
Lord Set had not cast Ian into the Serpent's Sea, so who else had the power to
do such a thing?

Comments: Created by Kurt Busiek, Erik Larson,
and Sal Buscema.

Any chance that her birth-mother is the long-lost Queen Virago?
--Carycomic
No, as per Marvel Tarot.
--Snood